In the process of continuous training of this miniature army, Mei Renhou recruited more than a dozen barely qualified soldiers to supplement it, and most of these newly recruited soldiers were local children, although they were still relatively young, they still joined this armed force by stubbornness, of course, five taels of silver per month was the biggest attraction.

However, Mei Renhou is very fortunate that although the new soldiers are only sixteen or seventeen years old, they have a few education levels that are quite good, although in the eyes of those who take the road of the imperial examination, these people are already considered waste, Mei Renhou is not very demanding, as long as he can read and write, it is enough.

These soldiers also study at night, in Mei Renhou's opinion, a qualified soldier should not be illiterate, although the quality requirements for soldiers in that era were not so high, as long as the marksmanship is good, the physical fitness is a very good soldier.

However, Mei Renhou felt that the army should be a highly disciplined place, and that a literate soldier should be much more self-disciplined than illiterate, and that there were a total of about 100 soldiers, which was nothing compared to the money they spent on training.

What's more, these people may not become professional soldiers in the future, and from Mei Renhou's point of view, if the guards of Mei Mansion are somewhat educated, they can not only make his face shine, but also better understand the intentions of his boss when he is doing things.

In any case, after two months of busy work, Mei Renhou's small armed force finally has some appearance and can be regarded as a regular one.

At the same time as the intense training of the guards, their food and various treatments can also keep up, not only the morale is high, but also day by day there is an army appearance, Mei Renhou also asked from time to time, in his opinion, although the number of this guard team is a little smaller, but it is definitely more powerful than any army he has seen before, and this army has just begun to be formed and has not been trained, he also has some expectations when this guard team is fully trained.

By the end of October, the foreigners sent a technical engineer to bring more weapons and equipment, especially the ammunition needed for foreign guns.

Unlike in the past, these ammos are free. Because Mei Renhou's small army is small, but because of the heavy training, its ammunition consumption is very large, which requires him to entrust foreign companies to import bullets and replenish damaged guns or parts every month, which is naturally nothing to foreign companies.

It was only from Instructor Thomas that they learned why Mei Renhou's order was so unusual, it turned out that the live-fire training of this miniature army was very amazing, that is, even the average shooting training of the foreigners' own army soldiers was not as large as the number of this small army.

Mei Renhou saw that the training of the guards was already very good and could be brought to the table, so he began to start the guards stationed in Meifu. After a few days of studying the basic etiquette in an assault, this team, which claimed to be the Mei family's army, began to take over the defense of the Mei Mansion.

In order to be able to give outsiders a new shocking feeling, Mei Renhou specially asked the tailor to order a special military uniform for the guards, which gave people the feeling of being very capable and spiritual, and after half a year of training, the food and nutrition could also keep up, so when the new guards crossed the incense street and entered the Mei Mansion, the people were attracted by the style of the guards.

Mei Renhou stood at the gate of the Mei Mansion, watching the guards carry the new rifles on their shoulders, their bodies were strong, their steps were uniform, and they nodded frequently to express their satisfaction.

Just looking at the appearance is much stronger than any army that Mei Renhou has ever seen, plus he has long known that although the number of this guard team is not large, everyone can be called a sharpshooter, in fact, if the two armies fight against each other, even if the other party has the same equipment as himself, no matter how many times more people can't beat this guard team composed of all sharpshooters, with this guard team in Meifu, any small will be frightened, and Meifu will become a tiger's den in Longtan to be daunted.

Thomas, as a retired officer, has a very high opinion of this small guard, which is far more powerful than he imagined.

The most amazing thing was the wonderful performance of this 120-member guard team in the shooting show - almost all of the 300-meter target shots hit the target hearts.

In addition to the shooting performances, there were also hand-to-hand combat and armed combat performances arranged by Mei Renhou.

The bandits on Qinglong Mountain boast that they also live a life of licking blood from the edge of the knife, their equipment is two or three bird guns, most of them also use machetes and the like, and some are also some martial arts masters on the rivers and lakes, in their eyes, the martial arts of the guards are okay, but there is absolutely no problem in dealing with ordinary bandits. What deterred these bandits was the foreign guns in the hands of the soldiers, as well as two heavy machine guns, with the marksmanship of the guards soldiers, as long as they ran a little slower, it was definitely a dead end.

Mei Renhou can imagine that if the only remaining bandits in Qinglong Mountain provoke the authority of Mei Mansion, it must be a bloody scene, and in front of bullets and bayonets, these bandits are nothing!

Thomas is just a retired captain, and his own ability is very limited, so he is no longer useful, and Thomas himself is very generous to say that his ability is limited, and he is not suitable to continue to be an instructor in the guard.

However, Mei Renhou still kept Thomas, he had a very good impression of this serious foreigner, and the most important thing was that Thomas's military temperament was very appreciated by him, and this retired officer was not as high-flying and domineering as most foreigners now, except that he was not very talkative, he was still a good person.

As far as Mei Renhou knows, those foreign military instructors do not contribute to their work, purely to make foreign fortunes, and by the way, they are the emperors of the soil.

Although Thomas's ability is limited, his diligent work attitude is far from being comparable to those foreign instructors outside, and Mei Renhou has further ideas for him, but he is not very mature and has not put it forward.

Mei Renhou finally began to push forward the big things he had been planning for a long time. He wanted to organize a super caravan and sell the tobacco from Qinglong Town to Conch City.

He drew sixty men from the guard to serve as caravans. To be honest, it was obviously a bit of a fuss for these sixty well-trained guards to escort him, but Mei Renhou also took this opportunity to test the combat effectiveness of the guards.

This time, Mei Renhou and his party of more than 60 people disguised themselves as a caravan, which was full of tobacco and soil, and of course, a few boxes of real silver and antiques.

The reason for this arrangement was that Tan Yanmin also wanted to lure the thieves who came by those paths to take the bait. When he arrives at Conch City, he will visit the local celebrities.

With so many important people to visit, this gift is naturally indispensable, and Mei Renhou has also made careful preparations according to everyone's preferences.